Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/721

 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2189

accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a vocational education program which meets the standards prescribed by the State board and the local educational agency for vocational education programs assisted under this Act, or in the case of a student already enrolled in such a program, is in good standing and in full-time attendance, (B) is in need of the earnings from such employment to commence or continue his vocational education program, and (C) is at least fifteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age at the commencement of his employment, and is capable, in the opinion of the appropriate school authorities, of maintaining good standing in his vocational education program while employed under the work-study program; ''(3) provide that, pursuant to regulations of the Commissioner, no student shall be employed under such work-study program for more than a reasonable number of hours in any week in which classes in which he is enrolled are in session, or for compensation which exceeds payments under comparable Federal programs, unless the student is attending a school that is not within a reasonable commuting distance from his home, when the compensation may be set by the Commissioner at a higher level; "(4) provide that employment under such work-study program shall be for the local educational agency or for some other public or nonprofit private agency or institution; and "(5) provide that, in each fiscal year during which such program remains in effect, such agency shall expend (from sources other than payments from Federal funds under this section) for the employment of its students (whether or not in employment eligible for assistance under this section) an amount that is not less than its average annual expenditure for work-study programs of a similar character during the three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which its work-study program under this section is approved. "(b) Each State in operating work-study programs from funds made available under section 120 shall— "(1) adopt policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds used for this purpose will be expended solely for the payment or compensation of students employed pursuant to the workstudy programs meeting the requirements of subsection (a); and "(2) set forth principles for determining the priority to be accorded applications from local educational agencies for workstudy programs, which principles shall give preference to applications submitted by local educational agencies serving communities having substantial numbers of youths who have dropped out of school or who are unemployed, and provide for underta!king such programs, insofar as financial resources available therefor make possible, in the order determined by the application of such principles. "(c) Students employed in work-study programs assisted pursuant to this section shall not by reason of such employment be deemed employees of the United States, or their service Federal service, for any reason. "COOPERATIVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

"SEC. 122. Funds available to the States under section 120 may be 20 USC 2332. used for establishing or expanding cooperative vocational education programs through local educational agencies with the participation of

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